Aim of topic: Advice on a good price/performance file upload service hosting. Technical min. requirements: 3 tb min disk space raid 1. Min. 20tb/month bandwidth 100 mbit/s connection. Hosting services used: Now we pay monthly ~50 EUR + 150 EUR setup fee per server. (costs are approximate, I can post exact numbers upon request) We use 3 servers for file serving atm, and 1 more for hosting for the script. We want to learn which hosting service is good for us to continue with (We add servers when we need new one from panel). The hosting service we use charges additional 7 EUR per 1 tb when servers use beyond 10 tb bandwidth, which increases costs. Please let me know which hosting services are good for us to use, advices are appreciated.
I would stay right where you are, to be honest. While the setup fee is ridiculous (Are you using Hetzner?), the monthly fee is dirt cheap for 3TB of disk space. Most datacenters charge at least $15/mo. per 1TB hard drive...many cost more than that. I'd say you're getting a pretty good price.
Thank you for your reply. I didn't want to say current service since I didn't know if it is appropriate to mention. You are right, we are using Hetzner. Problem is, 7 EUR + per extra bandwith for getting 100mb/s back, it lowers to 10mb. This increases the costs for 3 servers, since 10 mb/s is pretty useless for premium users and causes paypal disputes and service disrespect. Now we want to set 1 or 2 additional servers, and we are growing day by day. That is why, the only 2 disadvantages are big ones for us. The numbers may not be exact, since I am not making the payments but setting servers and dealing with systems. Warning: Do not take costs exactly into consideration when you are considering Hetzner services, refer to their site.
Yeah, I just figured Hetzner since you mentioned the setup fee. Most companies don't charge setup fees anymore. Yeah, I understand the bandwidth costs. They restrict it to 10mbps after 5TB or so, until you pay again. That could definitely get expensive. Assuming you want to stay in Europe, have you tried Kimsufi (kimsufi.co.uk)? They are a budget provider as well and charge just like Hetzner does for going over the bandwidth (i.e. they limit you to 10mbps after you use 10TB or 15TB depending on the server), but the overage charge is only £0.89. They also don't charge setup fees, which is going to help you with the new server deployments. They're certainly worth a try just to see how they are. I have never used them, as I'm here in the US, but have heard fairly decent things about them over on the big webhosting forums.
Seems so worth to inspect, Thanks a lot. I will post my opinions after contacting/using their services. I would love to hear more ideas, options meantime.
My previous post is being moderated for so long, awesome. Since 2 tb disk space is low, Hetzner still sounds as better server choice so far. I inspected ovh and redstation, still nothing for us. We can consider USA servers.
I found a good option server for us, online nets dedicated pro service, i cannot supply link, online net dedicated pro service, 50 EUR, 1 gbit/s, 2 tb raid 1, unlimited bandwidth (i never liked this word but however) anyone has good bad experience with this firm?